Checking device



Oct.l 4. '1921.

R. SCOTT CHECKING DEVICE Filed April 11. 1927 Patented Get. 4, 1927.

PATENT RUSSELL e. SGQTT, or DAYTON, nruvrucmr.

Vonnoirrive nnvlcn.

Application filed April 11,

Y This invention relates to checking devices andgparticularly to aVcharacter of device 'which may be used in segregating and supportingVgroups of laundry. y

It isv therefore an object et this invention to provide key lracks andtag sets t'or use in a system in which eachl rack has specialcharacteristics which render it capa-V 'ble for receiving only'a certainlet or similarly tagged laundry pieces permitting indiscriminateVcommingling ot the tagged pieces of each lot in washing operations andpositive asserting subsequently by the act et' racking the taggedpieces, thereby preventing any erroneous seGrega-tion et the laundry. Y

Another object is. to provide a checking system et a sort in whichsetset laundry carrying tags or checks are adapted to tit upon key rackswhereby the operator in asserting the laundry `Can visionally andquickly observe the particular rack adapted to receive the taggedpiecewhich he is about to segregate'in the system, thereby eliminatingloss of time in Vtumbling er attempting to tit the checks or tags to thewrong key rack.

t Other objects reside in the particular' construction and mounting ofthe key elements, cooperating with the respective group of tags, on therack, these key elements being easily finsertable ina standard oruniform 1 rack te provide unlimited range of key combinations. e A

Further objects vand advantages will he more fully set forth in thedescription ofthe accompanying drawings-.forming a part et' thisspecicatien, in which:

`Figure 1 is side view of the rack showving it mounted upon a wall andillustrating a plurality of tags or checks hung thereon.y

" Fiofure 2 is a plan view of Figure l fur- Y ther illustrating therack.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3 3, Figure 2, detailing thekey arrangement at the'end of the rack.

Figure 4 is a face view of one of the laundry carrying tags or checksshowing the cut-out portionV therein for coop-eration with the key rack.

Figure 5 Vis a Yside view of the tag or check shown in Figuree, showingthe laun- Y dry attaching pin depending trom the tag.

FA Y key racks Figure 6 is a View showing a series et the mounted on awall in systematic order. i

elements more specifically 1927. serial No. 182,595".

The device concerned herein cernprises a key bar or rack having keyelements at the outer end thereof adapted to cooperate with laundrycarrying tags or 'l to be slid pastfthe key eleinentsento thesupporting` portion ofl the rack. The key described are figures punchedout of Hat metal `and'facing the tag receivingl end et' the bar. Theupper and lower portions of the figures extend above and below` theoutline of the flat rack bar in which they are mounted so as 'to eitherblock introduction of the tags onto the bar or to coeperatewith slots inthe tags, when the tags are correctlyy 'applied` for permitting them toberslid and hung on the rack. The figures are arranged in ldierentcombinations for the respective racks, these combinations being arrangedacross the width of the bar or rack end-and readable from the tagreceiving end of the, bar.

Referring to the drawings,` the rack is indicated generally at l. It isshown as supported or hung on a wall 2 by means of a slotted portion 3of the rack engagingover a screw 4 extending from the wall 2. I Only asingle key rack er support `member has been illustrated in detail, thegeneral view (Figure 6) showing a plurality of these s 5"thereofextending horizontally from the wall. 'A comparatively wide piece of barrnetal is used in the construction of the rack so aste give thenecessary width for the arrangement of the key elements 6, `at the outerend of the horizontally extending portion of the rack. The outer end oftheportion has a rectangular opening 7 therein, the key elements beingmounted along. the rearyzvardly disposed marginof this opening Each keyelement comprises a ligure indicated at 8 stamped from Hat metal andsecured to a mounting block 9 having a dovetailed portion at the rearsecured by spreading the metal within a corresponding cut-out portion inthe rearwardlydisposed margin of the opening 7. The range of ligurecombinations isyef course, unlimited, 'since all that need be done toincorporate more figures in the key combination is to Widen the han Thelaundry carrying checks l0 are also of at metal, a set being providedfor each rack.

checks which are t The tags of a set are punched out at the upper end inprecisely kthe'outline of the rack and key elements or figures mountedthereon. That is to say there is a punched out portion l1 correspondingto the cross-sectional shape of the bar forming the rack and the cut-outportion in the upper and lower margin of the rectangular portioncorresponding to the portions of the figures 8 extending above and belowthe bar. Pins l2 of a standard type are inserted or hung from apertures13 at the lower end of each tag, the pins being adapted to be attachedto the various pieces of laundry comprised in that group. The variousnumbers and their respective mounting blocks are easily assembled in thebar, inasmuchas they are held in place by slightly spreading themounting so as to engage the groove in which they fit.

In using the rack the operator can distinguish which rack the particularlaundry carrying tags he has in hand are adapted to be fixed upon, sincethe numbers making up the key elements are read from the rack end atwhich he stands when he slides the tags on the rack. The use of numbersas a key system eliminates the loss of time in trying to insert the tagupon `a rack to which it does not belong. As the vvarious identifyingtags carrying their respective pieces of laundry are picked from thewash it is noted to which rack they belong and they are thus readilysegregated by this system of assorting or grouping the laundry. Not onlyis it made impossible to place the laundry upon the wrong rack but it ismade easier to select the proper rack. y

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A system of the class described, comprising, a series of brackets anda set of check tags adapted to be inserted on each bracket, each brackethaving a different arrangement of cut-out figures inserted at its tagreceiving end, and each set of check tags having apertures thereinconfigurated to correspond to the outliney of the cut-out figures of itsparticular bracket for allowing only the tags of a certain set to beslid past its corresponding bracket figures andV supported on thebracket. y

2. A system of the class described, comu prising, a plurality of keyracks and a set of check tags for each key rack, each key rack havingthereon a different combination of cut-out figures interposed in thepath of i entrance of' the tags onto the rack, and each set of checktags having an aperture configurated to correspond to the outline ot theparticular cut-out figures of its respective bracket, and said tagshaving means aitached thereto for supporting various articles to besegregated on the racks.

3. A checking device for the purpose described and for use in a system,comprising. a set of tags, a bar having an attachment portion and a tagsupporting portion, a set of figures formed from flat stock and airanged across the width of the bar in the tag receiving end thereof,.said figures arranged to be read from said receiving end, and said tagshaving cut-out portions corresponding to the outline of' the figurecombinations and the bar cross section so as to be slid past the figuresonto the bar.

4. A checking device of the class described` comprising, a set of checktags, a rack bar having an attachment portion and. a check supportinglength, cut-outfigures secured at the outer or check receiving end oftsaid bar, said figures arranged to extend beyond the outline of the barcross section so as to be in the pathy of entrance of the checks ontothe bar, said set of check tags having apertures therein configurated tocorrespond to the cross section of the bar and the outline of thefigures so as to be slid past the same.

5. A checking device of the class described, comprising, a set of checktags, a rack bar having an attachment portion andA a check supportinglength, said check support "fr length having an aperture in its outerend, cut-out key figures formed from fiat stock, mounting blocks foreach figure, said mounting blocks do-ve-tailed into the margin of theaperture, said figures extending beyond the outline of the bar, and saidcheck having apertures therein corresponding to 'the outline of the barand figures,`whereby they may be slid past the figures and sul'ipcrtedupon the bar. f y Y In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

i RUSSELL O. SCUTT.

